What did you do to/for your 1er today?

[chris_flies]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Got my first speeding ticket today in I don't know how long. I'll say 28 years because that's how long I've owned my home and never got a ticket while I lived here. Going 50 in a 35mph limit. Yep, a real desperado. lol

Thought I'd celebrate by taking a pic and posting here:

Oh no! How tragic that we should now have to look upon your car...

It is absolutely gorgeous! I love the color, and, well, everything about it...

Originally Posted by Shortedaman

hit a deer this morning, and by the grace of God my car is undamaged.

Yikes...close calls are always exciting

[1and1]

Originally Posted by Shortedaman

hit a deer this morning, and by the grace of God my car is undamaged.

heh- on the outside, a small miracle to be sure!

On the inside tho..., bet there's a small (medium sized maybe?) brown stain on the drivers seat

Glad to hear you and your 1er escaped unscathed- that's pretty darn lucky!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Shortedaman

hit a deer this morning, and by the grace of God my car is undamaged.

You are indeed a lucky guy. I've heard of people hitting a deer and it totaling their car.

[Shortedaman]

Originally Posted by Esteban

You are indeed a lucky guy. I've heard of people hitting a deer and it totaling their car.

luckily, my reflexes were fast enough, at 3:30am, to slam the brakes hard enough to barely clip him with my passenger side fender. I also think my tow hook license plate holder helped with the impact. it was a beautiful several point buck. definitely a legal buck, in season. it's like deer wait for a car to come, to jump in front of. if I had not gotten on the brakes as fast as I did, my car would be totalled.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Shortedaman

luckily, my reflexes were fast enough, at 3:30am, to slam the brakes hard enough to barely clip him with my passenger side fender. I also think my tow hook license plate holder helped with the impact. it was a beautiful several point buck. definitely a legal buck, in season. it's like deer wait for a car to come, to jump in front of. if I had not gotten on the brakes as fast as I did, my car would be totalled.

We don't have this problem here. Just little varmints - opossum, skunks, raccoons, etc.

[Zombie_Head]

Saw this beauty for sale.

ABS, climate control and factory LSD. Minor rust (nothing serious) and 3 owners with full history, including the original swiss owner's purchasing contract. Needs some work, but i just giggled like a child when test driving it in Stuttgart.

Steering is heavy, but goodness talk about feel. Someone said to me "you can run over a frog, and tell how many flies the frog had for dinner", that is the most accurate description i can compare with for this machine.

Engine feels as it should, a big lump of iron in the front that acts like a typical BMW NA. Nothing till you hit 3K rpms, 3.5K is starts "waking up", 4K-4.2K and it gives you what you expect (just like the N52 but obviously less refined).

I ended up purchasing it, already starting working on it. New suspension, clutch and lightened flywheel and a tune up/service is going in next week. Goal is to make it my "new" daily (yes even in winter) and track car, running costs is significantly less than the E82 (obviously). It already handles crazy well when going back to back with the E82 (and that car has KW v3 coil overs).

Sadly this means the E82 is up for sale, lovely machine and i will miss it dearly. But realistically, with the 6+ track days i put in, it is more cost effective for me (significantly) to run the E30 than the E82 (which means even more track/seat time).

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Got my first speeding ticket today in I don't know how long. I'll say 28 years because that's how long I've owned my home and never got a ticket while I lived here. Going 50 in a 35mph limit. Yep, a real desperado. lol

Thought I'd celebrate by taking a pic and posting it here:

Pic of the speeding ticket or it didn't happen.

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Shortedaman

hit a deer this morning, and by the grace of God my car is undamaged.

You might still want to have the car checked out still. Especially, check the mounting tabs for you headlight. I hit a deer with my car too. While mine was more severe than yours, I was surprised by other damage my body shop found on the car. I hit the deer on the driver's side corner of the car. I thought all the damage was isolated there. My body shop found the mounting tabs for the passenger side headlights were broken too even though the rest of the housing was in perfect condition. So I ended up with two new headlights.

[bmw1racer]

Originally Posted by Esteban

We don't have this problem here. Just little varmints - opossum, skunks, raccoons, etc.

Judging from the local news reports, we tend to hit people.

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by bmw1racer

Judging from the local news reports, we tend to hit people.

When did you get a Mustang?

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by zx10guy

Pic of the speeding ticket or it didn't happen.

Here ya go:
(Because I'm a wanted man I wish to remain anonymous, hence the whited out sections)

Edit: I go by an alias and the local cops are dumb and don't have a clue who I really am, but others might.

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Here ya go:
(Because I'm a wanted man I wish to remain anonymous, hence the whited out sections)

Damn. No warning? Especially with a clean record?

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by zx10guy

Damn. No warning? Especially with a clean record?

Because of my clean record I've been given warnings over the years. This was a speed trap, which is different.

If I had a radar detector I would've known ahead of time. I should look into one so this doesn't happen again.

I've had them on other cars I've owned and they saved me plenty of times. Just lazy, but now I'll get serious. This can get expensive.

[duder13]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Here ya go:
(Because I'm a wanted man I wish to remain anonymous, hence the whited out sections)

Edit: I go by an alias and the local cops are dumb and don't have a clue who I really am, but others might.

It must be those new Michelin PS4Ss, you rebel!

[a4nut]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Because of my clean record I've been given warnings over the years. This was a speed trap, which is different.

If I had a radar detector I would've known ahead of time. I should look into one so this doesn't happen again.

I've had them on other cars I've owned and they saved me plenty of times. Just lazy, but now I'll get serious. This can get expensive.

Speed trap, you say? Not sure if a detector would have saved you. I have an escort that I've used for years, and the number of falses caused by new Honda's, Acuras and all other cars from their blind spot and other systems make it hard to use. I've found that Waze is often better, or at least an additional data point I can use while driving. I've gotten lazy lately since everyone in Atlanta drives fast, so I constantly have to remind myself to pay attention.

[bobdavisnpf]

Originally Posted by Zombie_Head

Saw this beauty for sale.

ABS, climate control and factory LSD. Minor rust (nothing serious) and 3 owners with full history, including the original swiss owner's purchasing contract. Needs some work, but i just giggled like a child when test driving it in Stuttgart.

Steering is heavy, but goodness talk about feel. Someone said to me "you can run over a frog, and tell how many flies the frog had for dinner", that is the most accurate description i can compare with for this machine.

Engine feels as it should, a big lump of iron in the front that acts like a typical BMW NA. Nothing till you hit 3K rpms, 3.5K is starts "waking up", 4K-4.2K and it gives you what you expect (just like the N52 but obviously less refined).

I ended up purchasing it, already starting working on it. New suspension, clutch and lightened flywheel and a tune up/service is going in next week. Goal is to make it my "new" daily (yes even in winter) and track car, running costs is significantly less than the E82 (obviously). It already handles crazy well when going back to back with the E82 (and that car has KW v3 coil overs).

Sadly this means the E82 is up for sale, lovely machine and i will miss it dearly. But realistically, with the 6+ track days i put in, it is more cost effective for me (significantly) to run the E30 than the E82 (which means even more track/seat time).

Well Zombie I guess we are passing in the night on here... I just bought an E88, and now must sell my E30!

[Divbetic]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Because of my clean record I've been given warnings over the years. This was a speed trap, which is different.

If I had a radar detector I would've known ahead of time. I should look into one so this doesn't happen again.

I've had them on other cars I've owned and they saved me plenty of times. Just lazy, but now I'll get serious. This can get expensive.

Highly recommend Beltronics Magnum Sti or an Escort Redline. I've been driving with mine for over a year without a single false. Filtering to just your local and state agencies frequencies is key.

[Zombie_Head]

Originally Posted by bobdavisnpf

Well Zombie I guess we are passing in the night on here... I just bought an E88, and now must sell my E30!

Wow, the timing!

[1and1]

I've been running the Uniden R1 for months now, couldn't be happier- detection range is disturbingly good, and has the feature set to deal with the complex mix of tech in the new england area. I like that they issue firmware updates to add & refine features. R1 is an R3 without GPS- a feature I don't really need in my area.

Where I am it not what you would consider a complex area- nothing here but Ka, so I've just outright disabled X & K bands. Push of a button turns em back on if I travel.

If you are a fan of arrows (I don't care, but lots of folks swear by em) the R1/R3's will be getting a bigger brother later this year, the R7
https://www.vortexradar.com/2019/01/...3-with-arrows/

[docpanama]

Originally Posted by desertman123

BMW Style 197 (and on the back says BBS RX282)

18x8+34, 225/40/18
18x8.5+37, 245/35/18

Michelin pilot super sport tires, love em.

Late to the party but I really, really like those wheels. I may have to look into a set of those. Really sharp.

[Moveitsmikey]

Driving the hell out of it and enjoying every minute!

[chris_flies]

Re-did my previously undid-redid-undid-redid-undid-notdid-whatever air box mod. I was bored today and wanted some more sound...

Also found that my oil-water heat exchanger gasket may be leaking. I'll look into it more when it isn't 10 degrees outside...